Ah... good thought. You think they have a DVD player with possibly a DVI output? Or some way of connecting it to the monitor? Gotta look into that. Thanks! ---Troth -----Original Message----- From: pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 12:57 AM To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Trouble-shooting NO POST Hi Troth I have a Samsung sync master 192n LCD flat panel, it produces a signal without a computer hooked up. Self diagnostics. I'm guessing you could get an adaptor for a portable DVD player to plug the LCD's into. Mike ******* Mike's REPLY SEPARATOR ********* On 10/28/2004 at 10:16 PM ~OoO~ wrote: P4P800E Deluxe mobo... no onboard video. This whole scenario is really a hypothetical one. The whole gist of this thread is, I'm trying to figure out how, if you have no spare motherboard, video card or monitor, would you test out the components on a system? If we go to a service call, yes, we usually have bigger indicators of what the problem could be. But, in a situation where there's no posting, this can now be any of the components. So... power supply can be tested with a multi-meter. Cables can usually be tested with replacement cables, or more specifically cable testers, which I carry. Is there some crazy geek device someone thought up of that you can connect a monitor to, for example, to produce a signal? ---Troth To unsub or change your email settings: http://www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ http://www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: http://www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk To unsub or change your email settings: http://www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ http://www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: http://www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk